Is there an association between the measurement of qualitative HBsAg and virologic response in chronic HBV infection?

Background. In the follow up of chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV), a significant correlation between quantitative HBsAg titer measurement and HBV DNA level, and moreover with intrahepatic covalently closed circular DNA was already shown. However, besides their impact on long-term follow up, they a...

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Main Authors: Akif Altinbas, Bora Aktaş, Ömer Basar, Osman Yüksel, Fuat Ekiz, Bariş Yilmaz, Sahin Coban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-05-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119309263